A powerful fire raging right now in a villa in Budskär on Särö Skansenväg. Rescue Service warned residents in the area for a lot of smoke.
The alarm came shortly after 11 am The rescue is at 15 o’clock a total of 12 units, equivalent to 40 firefighters from five fire stations, in place.
There is currently no prediction on how long the fighting will take, writes Chief of Staff Thomas Andersson in a press release.
The fire started in the attic yet not spread to the rest of the house. Gunnar Skaven, alarm and management provider in the rescue service in the Greater Gothenburg, says that the wind at the moment is completely in flames and fire fighting is expected to take a number of hours.
There is currently no risk of the fire spreading to neighboring houses, spite the dry grass, he said.
No one has come to harm. What caused the fire is still unclear.
Housing should keep windows and doors closed to prevent smoke from entering, warns Gunnar Skaven.
According to Ulla Brehm, spokesperson on Police in West Bengal, the police is in place and has the ambition to cordon off the area when the fire is completely under control. She also says that the fire has created attention in the area and that there are people who have gathered some distance from the house.
Turn of the century villa, named Herman Borg, renovated in the late 1990s and the owners awarded the 2001 New Museum Society certificate of good building maintenance. An award that can be given to people who tackle cultural treasures in a state of disrepair and renovate them in a historically exemplary way.
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